Gun sight



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GUN SIGHT Filed Dec. 27. 1929 George/E. doZevwaw INVENTOR BY 121E 1; I

ATTORNEY Patentecl Nov. 15, 1932 PATENT OFFICE GEORGE E. COLEMAN, OFWALSENBURG, COLORADO GUN SIGHT Application filed December 27, 1929.Serial No. 416,900.

This invention relates to improvements in sights of a type to beemployed upon gun barrels and other forms of projectile discharging firearms.

An object of the invention contemplates the provision and arrangement ofa channel portion upon the sight and within which the object to be hitis disposed.

More specifically stated, the channel portion in the sight is downwardlyand forwardly inclined in order that the rear edge thereof will appearas a thin line to obviate glare and to facilitate disposing of theobjective within the channel in an effective and expeditious manner.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention further consistsof the following novel features and details of construction, to behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of the barrel ofa fire arm, not shown, having the improved form of sight.

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the sight.

Figure 3 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through the sight.

Figure 5 is a perspective View of the sight.

Figure 6 is illustrative of the manner of sighting an object by thepresent form of sight.

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 6 disclosing the relativearrangement of the front and rear sights when being aimed at the obset.

3 As generally known in the use of fire arms where the front sights areprovided with beads or fins, the lowermost portion of the rear sightwhether round, V-shaped or U- shaped, must be aligned with the uppermostprojecting portion of the head or fin of the front sight in order thatsuch alignment must appear immediately beneath the object or bulls eyefired at. This alignment can only be effected with any degree ofprecision by experts having considerable practice. It is my intentiontherefore in the present invention to so design a front sight that thefin or bead is obviated and instead a pocket or channel is providedwithin which a portion of or the object in its entirety may be disposed,as viewed through the sight.

Referring to the drawing in detail wherein like characters of referencedenote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 indicatesgenerally the barrel of a rifle, pistol, machine gun or other form offire arm having a dove-tailed pocket or groove 11 horizontally disposedupon its upper portion and adjacent its forward end to accommodate adove-tailed base member 12 of the form of front sight about to bedescribed.

A longitudinally disposed base member 13, 6 carried upon the upperportion of the horizontal dove-tailed base member 12, is designed toengage the upper surface of the barrel whereby accidental displacementof the sight in either direction will be restricted. The upper surfaceof the longitudinal base member 13 is shaped or otherwise provided withupwardly and inwardly inclined side and end portions 14 and 15respectively for connection at their meeting portions with the apex of asight member 16 of V-shape formation. Said sight being provided withfiat side wall portions 17 vertically disposed adjacent the uppermostcorners thereof to square off the shoulder portions 18 upon the uppersurface of the sight 16 and upon 0pposite sides of a curved or U-shapedpeep or sight opening 19. The channel forming the peep or sight openingis downwardly and forwardly inclined in order that the rearmost edge ofthe peep opening will be exposed toward the rear sight and the innerwalls of the shoulder portions 18 diverge to obviate objectionablecanting.

In Figures 6 and 7 of the drawing, I have shown two instances of theemployment of the present form of front sight with the rear aperturetype and the rear U-shape sight. In either case the result, in thesighting being the same, that is the bulls eye or objective is to bedisposed within the sight or peep opening 19 in the front sight 16 witha thin line beneath the bottom thereof and upon opposite sides.

The vertical side walls 17 are then computed as to distance from theedges of the opening in the rear sight to equalize the spacestherebetween to obviate canting. The U-shaped form of rear sightnecessitates one additional requisite in that the upper shoulderportions upon opposite sides of the U- shaped peep opening are to bealigned with the shoulders 18 upon opposite sides of the peep opening 19in the front sight 16.

In other words, when employing a front sight of this character and whenproperly constructed and adjusted will give three points of alignmentwhen trained or otherwise aimed on or at a circular or bulls eye form oftarget.

One point at the bottom of the channel and points at each side thereof,namely the shoulders 18, give a view of portions of the objectiveadjacent to the point fired on to form a perfect part circular spacebetween the objective and edge of the channel in the front sight.

With the front sight employed upon a gun barrel. quicker and moreperfect alignment of sights and object fired upon will be facilitatedwith less strain to the eyes.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportionsand minor details of construction, and the right is herein reserved tomake such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appendedclaim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is A gun sightcomprising a horizontally disposed dovetailed base member, a second basemember carried by and disposed at right angles to the former-mentionedbase member, and provided with upwardly and inwardly extending portions,a sight member of V- shaped formation formed integral with the secondbase member and provided with flat vertically spaced side wallsproviding therebetween a U-shaped peep opening, said peep opening havinga forwardly and downwardly inclined bottom wall to expose a thin line tothe eye, the upper portions of the sidewalls of the sight graduallydiverging to obviate objectionable canting.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GEORGE E. COLEMAN.

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